This is an organically shaded salivary gland mucous cell. The cell is procedurally shaded using sub-surface scattering for a realistic effect. Volumetric lighting combined with mental ray environmental shaders create the perfect atmospheric ambiance to give this scene a sense of depth and realism.

This is the perfect package for those tight turnaround times, a completed animated scene with no work needed or customize it to fit your needs. Excellent for medical presentations and animations. This scene has been engineered to render as fast as possible even though it uses heavy atmospheric and volumetric shaders.

The salivary glands in mammals are exocrine glands, glands with ducts, that produce saliva. They also secrete amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch into maltose. In other organisms such as insects, salivary glands are often used to produce biologically important proteins like silk or glues, and fly salivary glands contain polytene chromosomes that have been useful in genetic research.